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Boat sailing in fair weather and foul (1903)

Kenealy, Ahmed John, 1854- [from old catalog] · New York [etc.] The Outing publishing co. · leaf 40

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iththe supposition that the boat receives,when under stress, judicious manage-ment. The centerboard, which weighs twothousand pounds, is lifted by a differ-ential hoist, by means of which ^ thehelmsman, with one hand on the tiller,can, if need occurs, with the other eas-ily run the heavy board… … 42 BOAT SAILING. weather. In a heavy seaway ; in rap-idl}^ shoaling water on an unknowncoast ; when suddenly compelled tobeat up against a swiftly flowing tide ;or when finding himself unexpectedlynear a reef, unobserved through care-lessness or not plainly charted—thishoist is simply priceless. It…

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